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Monday, November 5, 2012

Mumbai Sunset, Las Palmas

One of the
first days here in Las Palmas, walking along the beautiful city beach, Las
Canteras, something caught my eye. It was a wall between two buildings, painted
in black, with an inspirational quote painted on it. Again, I wish I had my camera, but
I didn’t. I thought it was so cool that someone had painted an inspirational quote
on a big wall just like that.

It
read: No te preocupes por las cosas, ocupate con ellas.

Translated into English, it would be
something like “Don’t worry about the things, take care of them.”

Some days
later, I was in the area again, and I couldn’t believe my eyes, the wall was
changed! It wasn’t the same quote and I was pretty sure the wall was in a
different colour as well. Once again, I did not have my camera, nor anything to
jot down the quote.

So…some
days later I went back, with my
camera to finally take a picture of this wonderful wall…

only to find that the
wall was changed again!

This time
it read out:

Which means
something like: “In the streets, elbow against elbow, we are much more than
two.” Which can be interpreted in many ways, so I'll let you interpret yourself. But "Codo a codo" in Spainsh is an expression for working together, or cooperating.

The wall
belongs to the lounge bar/restaurant/teteríaMumbai Sunset, located just next door to the wall. I thought it was cool that
they had an inspirational quote there, but I think it’s fantastic that they
seemed to change it quite a lot too. I love positive psychology and really enjoy
some good inspirational quotes.

So, I had
to find out what this was all about, and I found out that every Sunday night, they paint a new
quote on this wall. And how do they choose the quotes? Through a “competition”
on Facebook, from Monday to Sunday, where people can write their own inspirational
quotes and collect likes. The one with the most likes, will be painted on the
wall, while the winner enjoys 2 free Gin & Tonics. I love this concept!

And now
that I know it is changed every week, I’ll make sure to pass by every week and
get inspired, I love it! Maybe I’ll share the quote of the week if you’re
interested?

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Hi and welcome! I am a Norwegian Señorita who moved to Spain in search of lots of sun and a different and possibly better life. I found it!

That was the short version. Along the way I have also found delicious things to eat and drink, incredible beauty both in architecture and nature, culture and ways of being so different from my own, and I can finally say that I speak Spanish! (Always thought it sounded so beautiful, but impossible to learn.)

I have called Málaga and Barcelona home, and now I call Las Palmas home. But I keep mixing old and new, so stay tuned for more Barcelona-&-other-parts-of-Spain-scoop!

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